Biden proclaimed the first instance of "Transgender Visibility Day" to occur onEaster Day.

[Nithavela]

After re reading his post, I stand by what I said. Perhaps he meant something different, but it didnt read that way.

Welp, different people, different interpretations.

Maybe the poster in question can clear things up if he feels so inclined.

 

[stevil]

This seems to have been a major blunder by Biden's team.

What blunder was made?

The Woke agenda is what unites opposition against him and blinds them to more serious matters.

Racism and bigotry, hatred and darkness seem to be a unifying factor against the light that Biden brings.
I do remember Biden saying all this stuff in his first State of the Union address. It was as accurate and insightful as it was poetically beautiful.
Light needs to overcome darkness, love and compassion against hate and spite.
Go Biden.

He has given a clear piece of ammunition to Trump which can be used with deadly effect.

Trump loves to unite the darkness. Look everyone Biden is saying we should come together and support each other. Pfft, I say we should hate the gays, hate the trans, join me and we can attack minorities. As well as Mexicans and Muslims. Hate unites.

The perception here, as with the QAnon conspiracy theory is that a Democrat president is the puppet of mad Satan-worshipping perverts. 'It does not have to be true to have a real impact' is the way Trump thinks.

Trump loves to feed on the bigotry and conspiracies of his fan base, that's for sure.

 

[wing2000]

It is about the same as sacrificing a pig on the altar in the Jewish temple.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/politics/easter-trans-day-visibility-trump-biden-johnson/index.html

Jesus died and rose again for all people {except the transgenders and other undesirables on the GOP cultural hit list).

 

[stevil]

They are shoving in your face transgenderism all days.

Eww, so sorry for you. Not nice to have stuff like this stuffed into your face!

They have a month, with flags all over like everyone knows,

Flags are horrible things, no one should ever have to look at a freaky, scary flag, with colours and shapes, just waving about in the wind. So horrible.

they don't celebrate any national event this way,

Fourth of July perhaps. Maybe it should be illegal to fly flags on special national days.

not religion,

Do Christians have a special flag? If flags aren't made illegal, maybe Christians could create their own flag and start flying that on their special days?

or nothing else, but degeneracy has a whole month.

Degeneracy? Where?

And before someone start saying i am hater

I was thinking it, but haven't said it.

i am not

Oh, great, that's a relief.

if i start hating specific people i need to repent.

Wouldn't want to have to repent. Hate repenting.

Disliking something wrong is acceptable,

LOL, we found a loophole. Hating things that I think is wrong doesn't count as hate. Hating people I think are doing wrong things isn't hating people.
No need to repent, no hate to be seen here. Yay!

but these people think that disagreeing with them is hating them.

Don't you just hate that. People keep accusing you of bein a bigot and a hater, but when you hate it is hating wrong people and that's not hating at all. So there!

 

[QvQ]

I think social conditioning is a better explanation of you two lining up with similar reactions than any actual theological basis, but I’m no sociologist or psychologist.

I think at least on some level, blasphemy requires the intent to offend or disregard or disrespect God and in this case, we have an established tradition of this president making this proclamation on this specific date every year since his inauguration but we only have one single instance of this lining up with Easter Sunday.

Should the president have simply skipped his annual tradition of recognizing trans visibility day on March 31 just to avoid potentially offending some Christians who likely weren’t big fans of him already?

My social conditioning is raised atheist. I don't tend to think in religious terms such as blasphemy.
That is why I particularly noted a mainline Protestant with the same instant reaction

There has been a history of renaming holidays recently, Columbus Day, Washington's Birthday
It is reasonable to assume this was a tryout to see how the replacement of Easter with Trans Day would go.

That is how most people viewed the "intent to offend or disregard."
In light of recent renaming holidays after a few tryouts, then officially it was most probably very intentional.

 

[stevil]

There has been a history of renaming holidays recently, Columbus Day, Washington's Birthday
It is reasonable to assume this was a tryout to see how the replacement of Easter with Trans Day would go.

That is how most people viewed the "intent to offend or disregard."
In light of recent renaming holidays after a few tryouts, then officially it was most probably very intentional.

Unless trans day is going to take up celebrations by gifting and eating lots of chocolate, I don't think anyone needs to worry about the Christian version of Easter being replaced anytime soon.

 

[Nithavela]

Eww, so sorry for you. Not nice to have stuff like this stuffed into your face!

Flags are horrible things, no one should ever have to look at a freaky, scary flag, with colours and shapes, just waving about in the wind. So horrible.

Fourth of July perhaps. Maybe it should be illegal to fly flags on special national days.

Do Christians have a special flag? If flags aren't made illegal, maybe Christians could create their own flag and start flying that on their special days?

Degeneracy? Where?

I was thinking it, but haven't said it.

Oh, great, that's a relief.

Wouldn't want to have to repent. Hate repenting.

LOL, we found a loophole. Hating things that I think is wrong doesn't count as hate. Hating people I think are doing wrong things isn't hating people.
No need to repent, no hate to be seen here. Yay!

Don't you just hate that. People keep accusing you of bein a bigot and a hater, but when you hate it is hating wrong people and that's not hating at all. So there!

You owe me a new sarcasm meter.

 

[stevil]

You owe me a new sarcasm meter.

I'm doing this course recently where it is teaching me to acknowledge people's feewings rather than to poopoo them.
Just acknowledge how they feel, sympathise, empathise.

I'm not very good at it yet, but practice makes perfect.

 

[Nithavela]

I'm doing this course recently where it is teaching me to acknowledge people's feewings rather than to poopoo them.
Just acknowledge how they feel, sympathise, empathise.

I'm not very good at it yet, but practice makes perfect.

Is it too late to get a refund?

 

[stevil]

Is it too late to get a refund?

I'll keep trying, can't expect to get results instantly. I haven't given up hope yet. Maybe NBB will thank me for empathising?

 

[Servus]

Im ok with the state recognizing in a non-compulsory way the various holy or important days of the worlds religions.

It does bring up the question of where do you draw the line. Does every little religion or spiritual tradition deserve recognition? Are little ones less deserving, less real, than the big ones?

I think there's enough already.

 

[Nithavela]

I think there's enough already.

Of course you do. After all, your religion is represented.

 

[comana]

My social conditioning is raised atheist. I don't tend to think in religious terms such as blasphemy.
That is why I particularly noted a mainline Protestant with the same instant reaction

There has been a history of renaming holidays recently, Columbus Day, Washington's Birthday
It is reasonable to assume this was a tryout to see how the replacement of Easter with Trans Day would go.

That is how most people viewed the "intent to offend or disregard."
In light of recent renaming holidays after a few tryouts, then officially it was most probably very intentional.

It is not reasonable to assume that this was a trial run to replace Easter with anything. March 31st has been Transgender Visibility Day for 15 years. Next year it will be on March 31 again but Easter will not. And all this made up controversy will be completely forgotten.

 

[weekEd]

If Trump said the sky was blue, the knee jerk Trump haters would say "he lies."
That is irrelevant.

The fact remains that Trump is Presbyterian.
From what I have read on the Catholic threads on the forum, the Catholics have much the same reaction.

but is it really blue...

 

[IceJad]

That one was on March 12th. But of course you already knew that and honored it instead of just bringing it up to snipe at the opposing side.

Really there is a day specially for de-transitioners and it's March 12? We learn everyday don't we? See you just prove my point because I was not aware of it. The US president should really get on it. Make that day as important as the trans visibility day. More speeches and performative allyship. We don't want the de-transitioners to feel left out. Since they are already a minority of a minority. And minorities must be boosted in the "unjust" western society.

 

[IceJad]

If my sarcasm isn't obvious it must be because today is April 1st in my part of the world. Back to reality. If anyone in the US says that trans people are invisible or unheard in this day and age then you're lying through your teeth. Everyday regular people are bombarded by a form of it. From adverts to talkshow to social media influencers. Not to mention that they have a whole month dedicated to the collective.

What a lot of people don't get is that the silent majority is tired of it. Like a sermon that lasted too long. Fatigue sets in. But instead of sayings ok let's wrap it up, it escalates to an absurd level. As a Christian even I don't want a Sunday service to last forever and being blasted in my face every single day and every single moment of my waking existence.

That is the push back from the silent majority.

 

[weekEd]

television land is wierd
spay and nueter is the mantra

 

[pgp_protector]

Next year Pot Smokers will have it.

 

[pgp_protector]

And 2029 the jokers.

 

[Bradskii]

That is the push back from the silent majority.

The silent majority?

If we used this forum as an example, you might find that every single thread started regarding gender has been a complaint about some aspect of it. And in most cases, complaining about something as inane as Transgender Day happening to occur at Easter this year.

There is one thread moaning that a US government department suggested it's employees used terms like parents instead of mother and father, and 'good morning all' instead of 'good morning ladies and gentlemen'. The horror, eh? And that is currently over three and half thousand posts long.

The silent majority? You guys won't stop bringing it up.